Harry Styles Beautifully Covered An Ariana Grande Song While Performing In Manchester

This week, Harry Styles’s world tour landed at Manchester Arena, the same venue where 22 people were killed immediately after a Ariana Grande concert last May. In an emotional gesture, Styles — who grew up in nearby Cheshire — took the possibility to tribute those affected by last year’s tragedy by dedicating a most poignant song to the victims and survivors.


“I grew up coming to my first concerts in this room, and I love this room,” Styles mentioned on stage. “The next song that we’re planning to play, I wrote a number of years prior, and I gave it to a singer called Ariana Grande. She sang it a couple of times, and right now we’re going to do our version of it for — and in the event you could find some way to join in, please do so. I stand with you, Manchester.”


Styles then launched into a guitar-fueled rendition “Just a bit of Your Heart,” which he co-wrote for Grande’s 2014 album, My Everything. He’s been covering the ballad regularly on his current tour, however it had added resonance in Manchester, where fans had anticipated the moment and offered their own tribute as well.


According to the Manchester Evening News, a number of concertgoers distributed posters with Grande’s trademark bunny ears and the number “22” printed on them, in honor of the 22 people whose lives were lost last year. They contained the signs up throughout “Just a bit of Your Heart,” giving us this pretty scene:


A considerate, pretty moment from Styles and from his identically kind fans.